Shawn Gore Selected for NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program

2017 Apr 21

Shawn Gore, of East Peoria, Ill., recently was selected to travel to NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, this spring to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS).

Gore, who will graduate this spring with an associate's degree in science and a major in accounting, will join more than 340 other college students from around the nation to participate in the five-week scholars program, which culminates with a four-day, on-site event at Glenn Research Center.

The program offers students the opportunity to interact with NASA engineers and others as they learn more about careers in science and engineering. While at NASA, students form teams and establish fictional companies interested in Mars exploration. Each team is responsible for developing and testing a prototype rover, forming a company infrastructure, managing a budget, and developing communications and outreach.

The on-site experience at NASA also includes a tour of facilities and briefings by NASA subject matter experts.

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars is a project funded in part by the Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP), which is committed to the recruitment of underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to sustain a diverse workforce.

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